Martin Burrell
| The Hon. Martin Burrell |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Yale |
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| In office 1917–1920 |
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| Preceded by | The electoral district was created in 1914. |
| Succeeded by | John Armstrong MacKelvie |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Yale—Cariboo |
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| In office 1908–1917 |
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| Preceded by | Duncan Ross |
| Succeeded by | The electoral district was abolished in 1914. |
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| Born | October 19, 1858 Faringdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England |
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| Political party | Conservative |
| Cabinet | Minister of Agriculture (1911-1917) Secretary of State of Canada (1917-1919) Minister of Mines (1917-1919) Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue (1919-1920) |
Martin Burrell, PC (October 19, 1858 – March 20, 1938) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Faringdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), Burrell emigrated to Canada as a young man, where he eventually became a fruit grower on a farm about two miles east of Grand Forks, British Columbia. His farm was the largest apple tree nursery in the province.
He was elected mayor of Grand Forks, British Columbia in 1903. He first ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons as the Conservative candidate in the 1904 federal election for the constituency of Yale—Cariboo. He was elected in the 1908 federal election and re-elected in 1911. In 1917 he was re-elected as a Unionist.
Burrell served as the Minister of Agriculture in the Borden government from 1911 to 1917, and from 1917 to 1919, as Secretary of State of Canada and Minister of Mines. From 1919 to 1920, he was the Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue.
A fire damaged the Parliament Buildings in 1917, and Burrell was badly injured in it. From that time he filled the position of librarian for the Library of Parliament. After leaving politics, he remained in Ottawa and kept the position of Parliamentary Librarian until his death in 1938. He is buried in Beechwood Cemetery.
Burrell Creek near Grand Forks, British Columbia, is named in his honour.
External links
- Serving Agriculture: Canada's Ministers of Agriculture
- Martin Burrell – Parliament of Canada biography
- Burrell Creek
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| Preceded by | Minister of Mines 1917–1919 |
Succeeded by Arthur Meighen |
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| Preceded by | Parliamentary Librarian 1920–1938 |
Succeeded by Francis Aubrey Hardy |
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1The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.
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- 1858 births
- 1938 deaths
- English emigrants to Canada
- Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
- Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Unionist Party (Canada) MPs
- People from Faringdon
- Boundary Country
- Parliamentary Librarians of Canada
